Super drive no longer likes my discs
whether I insert a music cd or dvd, my super drive growls 3 times then spits out the disc. Any ideas? Need more info? Thanks.
From the top down:
neither DU or console do anything when I insert the disc.
I had updated to 10.4.11 awhile back and did the permission thing both before and after at that time. I also repaired permissions this time (twenty minutes ago), but no help for the super drive.
The article was no help - disc is clean and flat, inserts fully, ejects when asked to, just goes "growl, growl, growl" then ejects. Yes, I've tried more than 1 disc.
I checked for any software updates, only quicktime, itunes and a security update. Didn't see anything about firmware.
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